02-03-2020, 11:48 AM
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Some GMs have even turned their eyes to the San Antonio Spurs’ roster, as the team has a few wings and shooters, which have been the target of the trade market.
With a team salary of roughly $123 million, the Spurs are not in the luxury tax, but they do have two wings and a shooter that could become future draft pick assets. The Spurs are working with DeMarre Carroll’s agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports & Entertainment to find a new home for the forward, who signed a three-year, $20 million deal last offseason.
Carroll, 33, hasn’t found any playing time with the Spurs and is looking to move on, and the team is also shopping 3-point specialist Marco Belinelli. As of now, no serious suitors have stepped up as Belinelli is considered a significant defensive liability.
But in conversations with league executives, the belief is the Spurs are aiming to make the eighth seed, which would give the team 23 consecutive postseason appearances and set a new NBA record. The only other teams with that many consecutive appearances are the Syracuse Nationals and Philadelphia 76ers. The Portland Trail Blazers are next on the list with 21-straight seasons making the playoffs, and the Utah Jazz, with 20, are third.
“They are 100% obsessed with getting that eighth seed,” the executive said.
If the Spurs are serious about the playoffs, trading big man LaMarcus Aldridge or wing DeMar DeRozan does not appear to be the goal, but it gets interesting when mentioning forward Rudy Gay’s name to league executives.
The Spurs could be willing to part with Gay, who re-signed with the team last summer and is averaging 10.1 points and 5.6 rebounds this season.
“If they get a nice asset back, I think they would do something with Rudy Gay, but I think their asking price is too high,” said the league executive.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/nba-trad...ussed.html?
https://twitter.com/TyJagerRadio/status/...7929628672
https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/...4919610368
With a team salary of roughly $123 million, the Spurs are not in the luxury tax, but they do have two wings and a shooter that could become future draft pick assets. The Spurs are working with DeMarre Carroll’s agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports & Entertainment to find a new home for the forward, who signed a three-year, $20 million deal last offseason.
Carroll, 33, hasn’t found any playing time with the Spurs and is looking to move on, and the team is also shopping 3-point specialist Marco Belinelli. As of now, no serious suitors have stepped up as Belinelli is considered a significant defensive liability.
But in conversations with league executives, the belief is the Spurs are aiming to make the eighth seed, which would give the team 23 consecutive postseason appearances and set a new NBA record. The only other teams with that many consecutive appearances are the Syracuse Nationals and Philadelphia 76ers. The Portland Trail Blazers are next on the list with 21-straight seasons making the playoffs, and the Utah Jazz, with 20, are third.
“They are 100% obsessed with getting that eighth seed,” the executive said.
If the Spurs are serious about the playoffs, trading big man LaMarcus Aldridge or wing DeMar DeRozan does not appear to be the goal, but it gets interesting when mentioning forward Rudy Gay’s name to league executives.
The Spurs could be willing to part with Gay, who re-signed with the team last summer and is averaging 10.1 points and 5.6 rebounds this season.
“If they get a nice asset back, I think they would do something with Rudy Gay, but I think their asking price is too high,” said the league executive.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/nba-trad...ussed.html?
https://twitter.com/TyJagerRadio/status/...7929628672
https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/...4919610368
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